Letter 5/12/2014

Hey Family

Well I just skyped you yesterday but let´s see If i can tell you anything I forgot yesterday. Well this last week has been insane. We got back from Arequipa Tuesday night at like 11. Then on Thursday night we had a ward Talent Show which was horribly planned out by the entire ward. They said like 3 days before... Yeah Mother´s Day Talent show, lets do it. Lets just say it was the worst talent show I´ve ever been too, ever. The missionaries had 2 of the 3 acts and the other act wasn´t planned or practiced at all and it turned out horrible. Then random people just trying to fill the time by jumping up and doing talents but my gosh it was just such a train wreck. 

On Saturday we had the baptism of Bertha and Mauricio. They are so awesome. I baptized Mauricio. It was so funny. The faunts here don´t have heaters so it was just such freezing water. Mauricio was just freaking out in the water and had to pump himself up to get baptized. He was so funny. Then after we had the baptism we went to a real Talent Show another ward put on as a zone. So all 19 of the missionaries here.  We did the skit about the Late Angels and it was SO GOOD. Like every person there had their cameras out recording us. I played one of the Late Angels and also some villain. We did like 3 skits about Bible and BOM stories about angels coming late and then as a joke we did a Charlie´s Angels came late skit and in that I was the villain. It was seriously so much fun. I was very happy to have had investigators at that Talent Show, but not the one in our ward. 

Well It was super super awesome talking to you guys on skype. I can´t believe that´s the last time before I get home. That´s so crazy to even think about. Well I love all of you a lot. Thanks for the letters. I gotta go CHOU CHOU

Love Elder Russon

Letter 4/28/2014

Hey Everyone,

Well this week was pretty dang awesome like usual. So I lost a big chunk of internet time but I´m gonna try and tell you all everything that has happened.

Last Pday we went to a waterfall here in Moquegua it was freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Got tons and tons of pics. A member took us to this little village where there are no missionaries and we went in a van all together as a zone to these waterfalls. I felt exactly as if I was in the Grand Canyon, I miss that SOOOO much. Then the next day our pensionistas dog Bimba died. It was sad. They loved this little dog SOOO much. But she was suffering bigtime. She went blind and was in pain. She died of a fever basically that is almost incurable. So later in the day when they gave it the shot we went to a cemetery and burried the little dog with it´s bowl and pillow. Then that same day while our Pension and her family were grieving, her friend from the other side of Peru out of no where came to visit/live. They have been a great blessing to have living with us.

Oh and then you know how I can´t smell? Well so we always get liquid oatmeal for breakfast in the mornings. And a few mornings ago We were at breakfast and I am super hungry so chug down my liquid oatmeal and then keep eating and then my comp is like.... "Hey, ummmmmm this is Coffee" So I start interrogating the pensionista and she refused to crack but it was really really really obvious she totally doused my oatmeal with coffee. I was so mad at her. She totally tried to pull a fast one on me and then everyone refused to admit it was coffee. 

We then had an activity at church this week. We made American Pancakes. They were delicious. We had a bunch of people come to the activity and 8 investigators came it was stinking awesome. They were delicious too I miss pancakes so much.

Oh and also on Saturday we had the Baptism of Cesar. He was going to do it on Monday but he told his mom and family and they threatened to disown him and kick him out of the house and everything if he did. So we talked a little more with him and he was like you know what I am 22 I do what I want and I want to follow Christ and get baptized so he did on Saturday. His family still doesn´t know though hahaha. But he is sooooooooo awesome.

Well today for pday it´s going to be even more awesome. We rented a huge grass stadium for soccer and a restaurant and we have invited the closest zone to us Zona Ilo to come and visit us. We are going to eat Fried Chicken together and then we are going to play soccer on a real grass field full size. I can´t wait. We are going to destroy them hardcore. Well That´s all I got for this week. Wish I could explain more but I gotta go.

 Love YOU all CHOU CHOU

Love Elder Russon